For as much as some of us may wish otherwise, the "peculiar institution" is no artifact of the dead past. It shaped today. It is shaping tomorrow. And we cannot fix that until we face that.

Indeed, America has heartbreakingly embraced a new “peculiar institution” -- taxpayer-funded, on-demand abortion. Abortion today is Slavery 2.0.

The Washington Post and The Root did some digging and found, not shockingly, that this is not unique. There's apparently a vocal minority of white people who go to Southern plantations expecting ...

Opinion: ‘Peculiar institution’ shaped today Opinion. Aug 18, 2019 - 6:00am. Leonard Pitts. Perhaps you’ve heard of white fragility.

When freedom was the “peculiar institution” Adam Hochschild talks about how the abolitionist movement caught fire -- from the high seas to the kitchen pantry -- and changed the world forever.

The demise of a Peculiar Institution By 1800, only 544 countians, most of them wealthy, still owned slaves. A look at gradual abolition and the wounds that remain open.

“Untitled,” 1996 (cut paper and pastel on paper mounted on canvas), by Kara Walker (collection of Ninah and Michael Lynne) “Big House,” 2001 (mixed media and cut paper on board), by Kara ...

The third and final of a three-part commentary by Terry Meyers, a Chancellor Professor of English, Emeritus, at the College of William & Mary.